The Place I Won’t Walk Away From
At 6 p.m. on a Tuesday evening at a bar on Sunset Boulevard, I was drinking a pint and reading Lone Wolf and Cub. S. walked in and sat down…
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Zoë Ruiz
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Zoe Ruiz is the former managing editor of The Rumpus. Her work has appeared in The Weeklings, Salon, Two Serious Ladies, and Ohio Edit. She studied creative writing at UC Santa Cruz and now lives in Los Angeles.
Notable Los Angeles
The following is a short list of literary LA happenings: Saturday 1/5: Dave Ross and Jake Weissman host Two-Headed Beast, a story-telling show. I’ve seen great comedians participate. Two of…
Links I Like
Meiko Takechi Arquillos took this photo of a preteen, and the portrait is beautiful and complex and true. This photograph reminds me of Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra. Do you know her work? If not,…
Frozen Places
Saturdays Belong to Zoë Ruiz is a bold statement. I have a trouble with things belonging to me. So I tell myself, Saturdays, I belong here. I tell myself, Saturdays,…
The Rumpus Interview With Adrianna Luna
As it happens, Adrianna Luna and I grew up in the same neighborhood. We had mutual friends and, from time to time, we’d run into each other. A few months ago,…
The Rumpus Interview With Neal Pollack
A year and a half ago, I started practicing yoga because I wasn’t feeling well. I could barely touch my toes and felt very self-conscious in yoga classes, but kept…
The Rumpus Interview with Gary Young
“We write because we can’t not write. We want to make music out of our breath; we want to be under the power of an art that toys with us…
The Last Book I Loved: 8: All True: Unbelievable
I would not say to everyone, “You must read Amy Fusselman’s 8“, and I would not say, “You will love it!” I would however say to most anyone, “You will…
On Cat Power: It Must be the Colors
When I first started listening to Cat Power’s music, I was still with a man I very much loved. He played music, he was a music man, and for four…